About Ghanji Village

Ghanji is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 157 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanji village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	95.09 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	157
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,172
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanji compares

By the 2011 count Ghanji is the 80th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 95.09 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Ghanji

Ghanji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghanji as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghanji from other places

Ghanji lies about 9.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 46 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ghanji
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	9.7 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	9.7 km
Nearest town	Tehri	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	46 km

Villages closest to Ghanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Devprayag tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Ghanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanji village had a population of 341. That makes it the 80th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Ghanji village has 157 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanji has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Ghanji is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanji covers 95.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanji falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghanji is Rishikesh, about 46 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghanji.

Ghanji is about 9.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanji is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 9.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 9.7 km away. Tehri is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.